Warm and Cool Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Fire or ice?): Warm: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow. Cool: blue, blue-green, green, blue-purple, purple. Hot or fiery subjects (campfire, sunset, lava) → warm colours; cold, wet or shady subjects (sea, glacier, rainy night) → cool colours.
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- 1.True or false: a rainy night is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a campfire (b) the hot desert sun (c) a deep blue sea (d) a flaming torch
- 3.🖌️ Would you paint a shady forest mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 4.True or false: an icy glacier is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: yellow is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a deep blue sea (b) a snowy mountain (c) a shady forest (d) hot lava
- 7.True or false: a sunset sky is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🌡️ Warm colours make us think of… (a) ice and water (b) shade and rain (c) snow and night (d) fire and sunshine
- 9.🖌️ Would you paint a deep blue sea mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 10.True or false: red is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hot lava (b) a flaming torch (c) a sunset sky (d) a calm lake
- 12.🌡️ Is blue-purple a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 13.True or false: a campfire is usually painted in warm colours. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) yellow-orange (d) red-orange
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a shady forest (b) a rainy night (c) a calm lake (d) the hot desert sun
- 16.🌡️ Is red a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) cool colour (b) warm colour
- 17.🖌️ Would you paint a snowy mountain mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 18.True or false: a deep blue sea is usually painted in cool colours. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to sink back, far away? (a) cool colours (b) warm colours
- 20.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-purple
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a rainy night (b) a shady forest (c) a deep blue sea (d) a sunset sky
- 22.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) blue-purple
- 23.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a calm lake (b) autumn leaves (c) an icy glacier (d) a rainy night
- 24.True or false: blue is a cool colour. (a) True (b) False
- 25.Which of these is a warm colour? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow-orange
- 26.🖌️ Would you paint a flaming torch mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 27.True or false: the hot desert sun is usually painted in warm colours. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🖌️ Would you paint the hot desert sun mostly in warm colours or cool colours? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 29.🌡️ Is yellow-orange a warm colour or a cool colour? (a) warm colour (b) cool colour
- 30.True or false: an icy glacier is usually painted in warm colours. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🌡️ In a picture, which colours seem to come forward, closer to you? (a) warm colours (b) cool colours
- 32.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) a snowy mountain (b) a deep blue sea (c) an icy glacier (d) a flaming torch
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow-orange (c) orange (d) purple
- 34.True or false: blue-purple is a warm colour. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is a cool colour? (a) yellow-orange (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calm lake (b) a flaming torch (c) a snowy mountain (d) a deep blue sea
- 37.Which of these is usually painted in warm colours? (a) an icy glacier (b) a snowy mountain (c) a sunset sky (d) a rainy night
- 38.🌡️ Which half of the colour wheel is the warm half? (a) blue to green (b) green to purple (c) red to yellow
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) blue-green (c) purple (d) orange
- 40.Which of these is usually painted in cool colours? (a) a flaming torch (b) a rainy night (c) the hot desert sun (d) a campfire
Answer key
- True
- a deep blue sea
- cool colours
- True
- False
- hot lava
- False
- fire and sunshine
- cool colours
- False
- a calm lake
- cool colour
- True
- purple
- the hot desert sun
- warm colour
- cool colours
- True
- cool colours
- blue-purple
- a sunset sky
- red
- autumn leaves
- True
- yellow-orange
- warm colours
- True
- warm colours
- warm colour
- False
- warm colours
- a flaming torch
- purple
- False
- green
- a flaming torch
- a sunset sky
- red to yellow
- orange
- a rainy night
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